Nope. I just took apart the screen. Which means i removed the lights that light up the lcd.Therefore you can see through the glss (lcd) and i shone with a desk lamp from the side to view it.
You know...you could just make this transparent screen into a huge projector and benefit from the experience that way...just a thought...Lemme know if you do it...I can't wait...would be awesome to see how it comes out. (^_^ )
What would happen if you could access the actual edges of the glass and put a CCFL or piece of EL wire so it transmits through the glass. Could it illuminate without obfuscating the image?
If you were to have very thin CCFls and you would mount them on both sides of the LCD you could get a better and brighter image. The thing is with a transparent LCD (like this) the loss of light is enevitable. Good Luck all with the projects!
Just a few more questions before I trash my LCD (it's still in good condition, only the buttons not working properly), isn't there any opaque layer stick to the back of LCD? (Never looked inside an LCD before.:P)
CCFL is cold cathode lights which light up the LCD from the top and bottom. Usually they burn out or the inverter (which powers them) burns out. I noticed that you can use a simple florescent to light up the lcd.
After you succeed in opening up your lcd (all the hard plastic layers) you will get to a piece of glass (which you dont need for this project) and around 4 sheets of white paper, and the pixel layer.
What's left to be done is to construct the papers and the pixel layer together.
Well good luck with that. I was also thinking of doing that with a broken laptop LCD i got, but the only problem is the power. How would you power the LCD?
Nope. I just took apart the screen. Which means i removed the lights that light up the lcd.Therefore you can see through the glss (lcd) and i shone with a desk lamp from the side to view it.
crysiskiller 8 months ago
Hello, i'd like to know if you did some special thing to make it transparent. is it completely transparent when turned off? Thanks.
neomg 8 months ago
You know...you could just make this transparent screen into a huge projector and benefit from the experience that way...just a thought...Lemme know if you do it...I can't wait...would be awesome to see how it comes out. (^_^ )
ORIF9 2 years ago
What would happen if you could access the actual edges of the glass and put a CCFL or piece of EL wire so it transmits through the glass. Could it illuminate without obfuscating the image?
unnaturaltragedy 2 years ago
If you were to have very thin CCFls and you would mount them on both sides of the LCD you could get a better and brighter image. The thing is with a transparent LCD (like this) the loss of light is enevitable. Good Luck all with the projects!
crysiskiller 2 years ago
Nice! The polarizing film on the front of the LCD can also be replaced with non-antiglare film to make it perfectly see-thru.
Capnmax 3 years ago
Cool! Is there a tutorial for this? I would really like to build one myself.
kuoster 3 years ago 2
How it works:
1) Use a broken LCD (i.e. CCFL doesn't work) 2) use your documentation to open up the screen or (like i did) just take it apart - totally apart!
3) When you remove all the millions of screws and safety tape you will unveil a glass surface and white plastic sheet behind it.
4) Buy a cheap $5 Fluorescent light at the store, and set it up behind the glass surface.
! Remember you will still need the screen power supply !
Connect it to you pc and power it up. Have fun!
crysiskiller 3 years ago
I'll try that~ Thanks.
Just a few more questions before I trash my LCD (it's still in good condition, only the buttons not working properly), isn't there any opaque layer stick to the back of LCD? (Never looked inside an LCD before.:P)
And what is CCFL?
Thanks again
kuoster 3 years ago
CCFL is cold cathode lights which light up the LCD from the top and bottom. Usually they burn out or the inverter (which powers them) burns out. I noticed that you can use a simple florescent to light up the lcd.
After you succeed in opening up your lcd (all the hard plastic layers) you will get to a piece of glass (which you dont need for this project) and around 4 sheets of white paper, and the pixel layer.
What's left to be done is to construct the papers and the pixel layer together.
crysiskiller 3 years ago
I took apart my laptop yesterday. Too bad that the LCD was a CCFL one. I'm thinking of converting it into a desktop LCD now. :P
kuoster 3 years ago
Well good luck with that. I was also thinking of doing that with a broken laptop LCD i got, but the only problem is the power. How would you power the LCD?
crysiskiller 3 years ago
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kuoster 1 year ago
@crysiskiller Did I forget to reply this post? Just realized that I have unread messages in my inbox
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